Chapter 976: The Battle of Marineford, the Pirate Alliance Makes a Shining Appearance
Suddenly, a big bump appeared on the calm sea surface.
Crash! !
Accompanied by the sound of flowing water, Dabao jumped out of the sea, revealing its true appearance, a simple sailboat with a pirate flag with three skulls painted on it.
"Hahahaha!!!"
Blackbeard stood at the bow, his arms folded across his chest, laughing triumphantly, mocking the navy who were supposed to be guarding here: "Foolish navy, you didn't expect us to raid Impel in this way, did you?!"
"Brothers, get ready... uh...??"
The voice commanding the battle stopped abruptly.
Blackbeard opened his mouth wide, his few remaining teeth trembling slightly, and stared at the empty ground in front of him in disbelief, his mind full of question marks.
Who am I? Where am I? What happened here? ?
What about an Impel as big as this one on this island?
The scene before him was unbelievable to the extreme. Impel, which was supposed to be half as strong as an iron wall, had disappeared at this moment, leaving only bare land and scattered waste.
Apart from that, there wasn't even a single navy soldier!
"What the hell is going on here?!!"
Impel is a prison made of seastone. It has no magnetic field itself. It only has a "permanent pointer" because it is built on an island.
The Golden Lion only took away the prison but not the island, so when Blackbeard followed the Permanent Pointer here, of course there was only an island with nothing on it.
Therefore, Blackbeard suffered a huge loss on this trip!
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On the other side, Marinford.
It was noon, and under the escort of soldiers, 'Fire Fist' Ace walked step by step to the execution platform.
"Portgas D. Ace, tell me your father's name!"
"…My father is Whitebeard!!"
"No!! Back then...your father's name was...'Pirate King' Gol D. Roger!!"
In full view of the public, Sengoku revealed Ace's life experience to the world, and explained the reason why Ace evaded the navy's search, why he had not taken action against Ace for so many years, and why he was willing to offend Whitebeard and execute Ace now.
In the square, all 100,000 sailors were in an uproar, and their eyes were fixed on the live broadcast of the Den Den Mushi on the execution platform, which spread this shocking news to the whole world.
Unfortunately, since the fact that "Roger has a child" had been published in the newspaper some time ago, the public's reaction was not particularly big. They were more concerned about the authenticity of "Ace is Roger's child."
"That 'Fire Fist' is Roger's child? Is this true...?"
"Could it be that the Navy just picked a random pirate to deal with us?"
"Whitebeard and Roger were fierce rivals back then! How could he possibly adopt Roger's child?"
"Do you remember? The two pieces of news, 'Ace the Fire Fist was arrested' and 'Roger has a child', broke out one day apart, so it's entirely possible that the Navy found someone to take the blame in order to cover up their own incompetence!!"
"I see! After hearing what you said, it seems like the logic suddenly became clear!!!"
"The Navy is getting darker and darker now! Are they planning to deceive the world with a lie to cover up their incompetence for more than 20 years?! I am ashamed of this behavior!!"
"Incompetence is not scary. What is scary is that one is clearly incompetent but refuses to admit his mistakes and lies to cover them up! Can such behavior be called 'justice'?!"
"In that case, this 'Fire Fist' Ace is quite pitiful. Before he died, he was forced by the navy to be a son to a man he had never met. It was a great shame!!"
"You are carrying someone else's coffin back to your own home to mourn! He is just a pirate, why should you feel sorry for him? He is your father?"
"Speaking of which, there are countless pirates out there who would like to be Roger's son. For people in their profession, that should be an honor, right?"
"I don't understand why someone would want to be the son of the 'Pirate King'? Is it to legally inherit the great treasure? If it's possible, then I would also like to..."
For a time, people around the world launched a heated debate about Ace's identity.
Due to the scandal of "recruiting supernovas to become Shichibukai" that came out a few days ago, the reputation of the Navy is now very bad, causing them to be reluctant to believe that Ace is Roger's son.
Even though people in this world have seen all kinds of strange people and things, it is hard to believe that someone can be pregnant for 20 months before giving birth, not to mention that the other party is a weak woman who is powerless.
The navy soldiers would definitely not have doubts like the people outside. Even if they had doubts in their hearts and couldn't hide them on their faces, they would not say them in public. But the Seven Warlords of the Sea were different.
Especially Doflamingo, who loves to watch the fun and no matter how big the event, and the silly fat otaku Moria, the two of them rarely have common topics.
The psychological changes of these people naturally could not escape Zhan Guo's eyes. He had actually anticipated the emergence of this situation a long time ago, but he was powerless to do anything about it.
Firstly, this mistake was indeed made by the navy due to negligence in its duty; secondly, what he said was true; thirdly, exposing this matter can indeed dampen the arrogance of pirates to a certain extent.
Because what the Warring States Period pursued was the justice of ruling the world!
What he wants to do is to eliminate all pirates in an upright manner, and use fair means to engrave the word "justice" in the hearts of everyone in the world! !
Finally, before the discussion reached its peak, waves began to appear on the sea, a dark shadow appeared in the harbor, and then, to the surprised gaze of the navy, the ship leaped forward like a fish.
The Whitebeard Pirates officially debut!
The next moment, in front of 100,000 navy officers, Whitebeard and Ace chatted like an ordinary father and son, performing a drama of loving father and filial son to the world, which made the people watching the live broadcast more skeptical of the navy's remarks.
Just as everyone in front of the screen prepared their lunch of melon seeds, fruit desserts, fried chicken, hamburgers, ice cream, donuts, and hot tea, intending to enjoy this grand war while eating, something strange suddenly occurred in the sky above Marinford!
A huge shadow covered half of the square, blocking the midday sun for the naval soldiers who stood upright.
"What is that?!"
Everyone who raised their heads, including Den Den Mushi and everyone with eyes, suddenly had this question in their minds.
Garp looked up at the sky, and was stunned at first. Then his eyes immediately became serious. He obviously saw what was floating above his head: "Hey, Sengoku! Am I seeing right? That thing seems to be..."
Zhan Guo clenched his fists, his eyes widened, and he gnashed his teeth. The Den Den Mushi in his hand was trembling under the influence of his aura. "Damn it! Such a big thing happened, why is there no news?!"
Lieutenant General He below opened one eye, and when she saw the three figures in the sky clearly, she said calmly: "The other party is those three guys. It is normal that the guards cannot pass on the news..."
High above the square, a golden lion was floating in the air, with a golden down cloak swaying in the wind behind him; Kaido transformed into a giant blue dragon, with mist swirling under his claws; Big Mom was stepping on Zeus, her bloated and huge body looked like a female giant.
After the three of them, it's all the criminals imprisoned in Impel!
There were thousands or even tens of thousands of extremely vicious pirates, with bounties ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of millions. They stood on the horizontal Impel Prison, talking and laughing, looking down at the 100,000 navy on the ground.
Although these people were still wearing black and white striped prison uniforms, the seastone shackles on their hands and feet had been opened, and everyone was holding a weapon, with a wild look on their faces and fierce eyes.
There is also a sailboat in the air, and standing on it are the pirate alliance that had previously reached an agreement with the Golden Lion. It mainly includes Rayleigh, Buggy, and the Straw Hat Pirates, members of the "Rescue Ace Team", as well as Crocodile, Law, Killer and other wizards who came to join in the fun.
Further back, there were pirate ships flying the "Beasts Pirates Flag" or the "Big Mom Pirates Flag", which were also filled with pirates who appeared on the bounty.
Higher and farther away, there are several islands that appear to be large floating in the air. If one has excellent observation Haki, one can even feel faint vibrations coming from above.
Be it the navy in the square, the Whitebeard Pirates who were just about to give it a try, or the audience watching the live broadcast, they were all staring at the scene in front of them in amazement, unable to speak for a long time.
The whole world seemed to have pressed the pause button and fell into a long silence.
